The Brookhaven leader., 1887-05-26

THE German dispatch boat, Fake, has
captured the English fishing vessel, Lady
Godiva, near the islands of Norderny, and
towed her TO Wilhelmshaven.
ACCORDING to a statement made by Henry
=. Ives, at New York, consolidation Of the
Baltimore 4 Ohio telegraph, with the Pos
| tai and other independent lines is to be
made, the consolidation taking the form of
a new company, of which the Baltimore &
Ohio will take half Of the stock and so OBJ
lain control.
FULLY 1000 people were fighting forest
| fires on the Michigan peninsula on the 18th,
and repetition of the awful Portage fire
was feared. Fires appeared TO be raging
everywhere
| THE foreclosure sale of the Nickel Plate
road at Cleveland, o., on the 18th was a
! very formal affair The road was pur-
chased on the first bid for Sl6,0O0,O00 by
| Frederick o. p. Olcott, chairman of the
Nickel Plate purchasing committee, for the
bondholders' committee, which is made up
of Mr.. Olcott, William X. Vanderbilt,
James A. Roosevelt and J. $. Kennedy.
| THE Can-na-G Gael is reported to have
! gone to pieces over internal feuds. In the
recrimnations Rev. George c. Belts is ac-
cused of furnishing the London Times with
information on which that paper based its
| recent exposures.
THE first Chinese railway was opened on
the 10Th from Tau to Tientsin. The dis
! patches state that the Chinese officials were
much pleased at the success of the enter
prise.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) during
the seven days ended May 10, numbered
for the United States, 1872; for Canada,
Is; total $50, against l67 the previous
week and 167 for the corresponding week
last year.
LAKE LINDEN, or Torch Lake, Mich, was
devastated by fire on the night of the 10Th.
The loss was put as high as s., 00O, 900, with
$3.50 900 insurance. The destruction of the
town was thought to be due to heforest
fires which had prevailed in the vicinity for
some time previously.
A RIOT took place at the Jimtown coke
works, near Everson, Pa, on the Goth,
caused by the operators trying to save
their coke. The rioters destroyed much
property and tried to kill the workmen.
The General Assembly of the Presbyter-
ian Church, South, was in session at st.
Louis on the 10Th and Goth. The Presbyter-
ian Church, North, was in session at Oma-
ha, Neb., on the same days, with large at
tendance.
! bOFF, DeuueGJ O. 10, eAJ6uSN0 IIOH
manufacturers, of Pittsburgh, Pa, recent
! ly paid over to their creditors a balance OF
S55GOOO, to satisfy mortgages which had
yet one and half years to run. Three
years ago the above firm asked for an ex-
tension of time on liabilities aggregating
over l,0OO,0O0.
SECRETARY FAIRCHIDD has issued call
for all outstanding three per cent bonds,
amounting to about Sl7,OO0,000. The call
will mature July l. Circulars Offering to
redeem uncalled bonds of the three per
cent. loan on presentation have been re-
volled and no more bonds will be redeemed
| before maturity.
SKILLFUL forgers have secured large sums
from European banks on bogus checks on
American banks
No FOREIGN officers will be invited to
witness the maneuyers of the Russian
| troops this year.
THE leading agltators in the present strike
in Belgium have been arrested.
IT is reported in Indianapolis that eleven
| indictments for election frauds have beer
returned by the United States grand jury.
Two thousand brickmakers at Pittsburgh
Pa, have struck for increased wages.
FIRE at Passaog, r. l., recently destroyed
Sales & Nichols mill, causing $4,000 loss
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La, was visited the
other day by the heaviest storm known
there for many years. The wind came from
southeast, accompanied by rain. Many
buildings in the city and throughout the
parish were unroofed, fences and trees
were demolished, and some damage was
done to growing crops.
The Toronto chief of police says that ex
agerated reports were sent out of the dis
turbances over Editor O'Brien's recent
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